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Hamden, CT - All nine Wagner regulars hit safely while senior Jon Lucas (Hackettstown, NJ / Hackettstown) allowed just one earned run over 8.0 strong innings while leading the Green & White to a decisive 7-3 victory over Quinnipiac in the second game of a doubleheader between the teams at the QU Baseball Field. 

The Seahawks, who won both ends of today's doubleheader, claim their first Northeast Conference (NEC) series of the year by a 3-1 count over the Bobcats (14-22; 10-14 NEC) while improving to 13-26 and 11-13 in the NEC.

Wagner jumped in front with a pair of runs in the top of the second inning. With two outs, senior Jack Rice (Middlesex, NJ / Immaculata) worked the count full before drawing a walk. Senior Joe Conforti (Staten Island, NY / Farrell) followed with a single to center field while moving Rice to third. Junior Eddie Brown (Edison, NJ / St. Joseph's (Metuchen)) followed with an infield single to the third baseman, beating his throw by a step while plating Rice for the game's first run. Senior Seth Boyd (Perth Amboy, NJ / Perth Amboy) followed with a RBI single up the middle, chasing home Conforti.

Senior Kevin McDonnell (Bristol, CT / Avon Old Farms) opened up the third inning with this double. After moving to third on a ground out, he scored on this Nick Alfano (So., Pompano Beach, FL / North Broward Prep) single, extending the lead to 3-0.

The Seahawks kept up the pressure in the top of the fourth inning adding another tally. Rice scored his second run of the game after leading off the frame with this solid base hit on a Boyd sacrifice fly, pushing the lead out to 4-0.

On the mound, Lucas was almost flawless retiring the first six hitters he faced en route to facing the minimum 12 batters over the first four innings as the hard-throwing righty was aided by a pair of double plays.

Quinnipiac notched its first hit of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning before scoring its first run one inning later on a Zak Palmer sacrifice fly, cutting the deficit to 4-1.

Wagner immediately got that run back in the top of the seventh inning. Brown led off with this single up the middle before stealing second. Following a Boyd walk, sophomore Tommy Higgins (Port Monmouth, NJ / Red Bank Catholic) moved the pair to second-and-third with a successful sacrifice bunt. McDonnell then plated Brown with a sacrifice fly while extending the lead back out to four at 5-1.

The Seahawks added two more runs in the top of the eighth inning as the Green & White loaded the bases up with no outs on an infield single by Alfano and bunt hits from sophomore Gaby Ramirez (San Juan, Puerto Rico / Perkiomen (PA)) and Rice. Conforti made it 6-1 with a RBI walk before Brown extended the lead out to 7-1 with a sacrifice fly. 

The Bobcats plated a pair of unearned runs in the bottom part of the frame before Lucas capped his outstanding performance with a strikeout of Chris Migani while stranding a pair of runners.

For the game, Lucas (2-5) struck out four while yielding three runs, one earned, on five hits and a pair of walks over a career-best 8.0 innings.  

Sophomore RHP Dakota Dvorak (Pompano Beach, FL / North Broward Prep) finished off Quinnipiac by hurling a scoreless ninth while clinching the first Wagner series victory of the conference season.

Brown led a 13-hit parade, going 3-for-4 with two RBI while Alfano and Rice each recorded multiple-hits.

Quinnipiac RHP George Dummar (3-5) suffered the loss, yielding five runs on eight hits and five walks over 7.0 innings. Ben Farina was the only multiple-hit performer for the Bobcats in the doubleheader, going 2-for-3 with a double, run and RBI.

Wagner returns to action against Iona on Thursday, April 28 at 3:30 pm.

NOTES: Wagner, which won its first game four of the year, is now 13-3 over the last four years against Quinnipiac after being swept in a four-game set in 2007 ... The Seahawks hit .412 in today's doubleheader while outscoring the Bobcats 21-6 and limiting the home team to a .158 average ... Additionally, the Green & White hit .406 (13-for-32) with runners in scoring position, compared to just .133 (2-for-15) for the opposition ... Wagner also recorded six infield hits, including three bunt singles, in the game ... Brown batted .556 (5-for-9) with five RBI, three runs a double and a home run while Lucas clouted at a .500 average (4-for-8) with three double, one home run, three RBI and two runs ... Conforti (.500), Rice (.500) and Higgins (.400) all also hit over .400 on the day ... Lucas and junior RHP Ryan Van Spronsen (Brantford, Ontario / Assumption College) combined to allow just one earned on seven hits with seven strikeouts over 14.0 innings while posting a 0.64 ERA in the doubleheader ... The staff as a whole, recorded a 0.56 ERA ... Boyd notched a pair of hits on the day and now has 199 for his career while McDonnell is right behind him with 197 ... For the week, Lucas hit .417 (7-for-17) with four doubles, two home runs, six RBI and four runs while slugging 1.000 ... He caps his four-year career against the Bobcats with a stellar .354 (17-for-48) average with eight runs, 11 RBI, five doubles and three home runs ... For the weekend, the Green & White hit .359 as a team with eight players batting .357 or better, including four that hit .400 ... Quinnipiac batted just .242 as the Wagner pitching staff posted a 2.73 ERA ... Dvorak recorded his first career save in the first game of today's doubleheader and notched his first career win against Quinnipiac a year ago ... The Seahawks improved to 8-2 on the year when scoring at least six runs in a game and 8-2 when allowing four runs or less ... Wagner has added a doubleheader for next Saturday, April 30 at 6:00 pm at Richmond County Bank Ballpark against Saint Joseph's out of the Atlantic 10 ... The DH will be comprised of two seven-inning games.